Vet: Macomb County Jail worse than Iraq

A Veterans Treatment Court participant recently compared
conditions at the Macomb County Jail to those in Iraq battle zones, and the
jail didn’t fare well.

Jeffrey Whitty, 40, of Harrison Township, told Judge Mark
Switalski during a Vet Court session in Macomb County Circuit Court that jail
conditions are “nasty.” He added later that the jail is “extremely filthy” and
infested with bed bugs.

“It’s the worst place
on planet earth,” Whitty said. “I’d go back to Iraq for two years rather than
go back to the jail.”

That’s quite a statement considering Whitty suffered
multiple injuries while serving in the Army in the mid-2000s.

He added that most of the inmates “seem like they’re at a
party,” he said.